After two days of poker and two and-a-half hours of heads up play Joey Liberta (Berlin, NJ) beat Mitchell Mantin (Las Vegas, NV) to win the title and the $49,029 first place prize. Mantin uses a set of 2s on the final hand for his first live tournament win of his career.

"It feels great, especially after a lot of deep runs," says the 22 year-old pro, who has a 2nd (Summer Open) and a 5th (Spring Open) earlier this year. "So I'm stoked to finally get a win."

Liberta says he grinded during Day 1, which saw 53 of the 580 players make it through to Day 2, and got hot the rest of the way.

Mantin's second place finish ($27,565) is his second cash of the Borgata Poker Open and he now has more than $57,000. "It's my second cash of the week," says the real estate investor. "I'm looking forward to the next event and jump in to play another."

Manh Nguyen (Munhall, PA) also picked up his second cash of the series, but the Event 4 winner ($49,000) was derailed in 10th place when confusion led to the river card going back in the deck. When 5th street was run again, his straight draw bricked the second time after connecting the first time through.

The field featured a lot of Borgata regulars including WSOP bracelet holder Mike "Little Man" Sica, Ryan Eriquezzo, Gordon Eng and James Boyle with Sica the only one to cash. The total buy-in of $203,000 was finally tapped into on the last hand of Day 1 when the bubble broke and sent 54 players into the money.

Mike Hahn (Indianapolis, IN) was the chip leader heading into Day 2 and maintained his stack until he was the first elimination at the final table finishing 9th for $3,938.

The stacks were deep enough at the final table for play to last 7 hours, including the marathon heads up session. In the end Borgata regular Liberta, who had his mother on the rail, took home the trophy.

"I'm really happy to get a win. It's awesome, especially in an Open Event.

Mantin and Joey Liberta (Berlin, NJ) play heads up for more than 2 1/2 hours, swapping the chip lead back and forth, before Mantin eventually falls to a set of ducks.

Mantin is a real estate investor who's been playing poker on the side for 7 years. "My son taught me the game and he was 14 (years old) then," says Mantin, who's son Andrew turns 21 in November and is itching to join his father on the Borgata felt.

This is Mantin's second cash of the series after finishing 6th ($29,663) in Event 1 putting his two payday total at more than $57,000.

Joey Liberta and Mitchell Mantin have been heads up for 2 1/2 hours and we've seen our first player at risk. Mitchell Mantin min raises (100k/200k/30k ante), Liberta raises all in, and Mantin snap calls.

Mantin: A ALiberta: 7 7

Mantin's aces hold and he doubles his 4.4 million stack to retake the chip lead.

They've played two levels heads up and there haven't been any major changes. Mitchell Mantin has flipped the chip lead on Joey Liberta, as he now leads 9 million to 5.5 million, the same advantage Liberta had 90 minutes ago.

Players are just back from a 10 minute break as blinds are up to 100k/200k/30k ante as both players have more than 30 big blinds.

"We're pretty deep," says Liberta, "so it's been good."

"Pretty boring," adds Mantin, as neither player has been all-in and at risk since they started playing heads up.

Congratulations to Borgata's first ever H.O.R.S.E. champion, Jeffrey Duvall from London, England. Jeffrey earns $14,319 for his two days of horse riding as he successfully hurdled all of the other 123 entrants.

This was an exciting day for Borgata as Razz has only recently been approved in NJ making this tournament the first ever HORSE event at the September Borgata Poker Open tournament series.

Duvall had to tangle with the last two Borgata HOSE winners, Glenn Englebert (Summer Poker Open) and "Hollywood" Dave Stann (Spring Poker Open). "Every time I win a tournament they stop having it," says Englebert who won the Limit event in the Winter Poker Open which is not on this series' schedule. "It's okay because I like Razz," noting the "R" in HORSE.

When he realized he won't be known as the last HOSE winner in Borgata history he's quick to say that he won the last one he played. Both Englebert and Stann failed to cash.

Notable Vincent Basilicata (Queens, NY) won the HOSE event during 2010 Summer Open ($6,363). He made it to day 2, but did not make the final 18 who cashed.

WSOP bracelet holder Chris Reslock made day 2 and was the 1st player to cash (18th - $716).

What a day for our last woman standing, Kim Findura (Butler, NJ): In addition to two Ladies Event Borgata titles, Findura has a 2nd place finish in the 2010 Winter Open Omaha H/L event. She has $38,000 in career Borgata tournament earnings and added another $4,534 for her third place finish today. She called herself the cockroach that just wouldn't die.

A quick heads up for Ron "Schifty" Schiffman who battled Jeffrey Duvall many times but fell short today. Ron enjoys $7,874 for his second place finish.

But once again our big winner was Jeffrey Duvall who won all of the 1,845,000 chips in play.

From the total Buy-In of $49,200, Duvall takes a $14,319 first place slice of the cake.

He takes back to the UK the 2011 Borgata Poker Open trophy, the blue shark optic sunglasses, and $14,319 in US dollars.

Deuces were wild on the final 7-Card-Stud hand as Jeffrey's trips clobbered Ron "Schifty" Schiffman's pocket sevens in a very quick heads-up match.

Duvall confessed the key to his victory was a combination of big starting hands and winning every all-in.

Not to say it was easy as Jeffrey found himself short-stacked a good bit and hat to bounce back several times. Seemed like smooth sailing at the final table as our Borgata regular nursed a big stack and had his hands hold up time and time again.

Duvall says hi to his two daughters in CT and his three grandkids.

Congrats again to Jeffrey Duvall who rides off into the sunset on his high-horse as the first ever Borgata Hotel & Casino H.O.R.S.E champ.

Comeback Kim Findura (Butler, NJ) is finally out. What a tournament our last woman standing had. She survived 6 or 7 all in's yesterday and another 6 or 7 today. She played the short stack to perfection at the final table - giving the boys a little (as she put it) "razzle dazzle".

But once razz round ended, Findura was felted by the 7-STUD hand of Jeffery Duval.Duval managed to kill the cockroach - finally.

"He was open-ended and I had pocket fours. It got all in on 5th street and he hit his Jack for the straight" explained Kim.

Kim will return to her job as a full time software engineer as she's only able to play in this event.

"I just wanted to come in and play this since it was the first time Borgata had H.O.R.S.E" said Kim.

On the first hand back from break the flop is 6 7 8 with two hearts, Hanley checks. Joey Liberta (Berlin, NJ) bets 400k, Hanley moves all in for 2 million more. Liberta snap calls and turns over pocket aces.

Hanley say's he stunned when he turns over K♥ 10♦, "I thought I had two hearts," he says expecting to have a flush draw. Hanley is stuck with hoping for a 9 to fill a gut shot straight draw, but doesn't connect.

Adding insult to injury is a heart on a river which if he was holding the 10♥ he would have made the flush.

Hanley is out in 5th place, while Liberta takes the chip lead with 6 million.

Mitchell Mantin (Las Vegas, NV) has been on a heater to take the chip lead. He first doubles through Byung Yoo (Norwood, NJ) and then knocks out Dave Loy Song (Newburgh, NY) to push his stack to 5.3 million.

Justin Finberg was all-in on the turn with a board of K 9 5 5. Justin held AJ54 for trip 5s. Ron Schiffman held AAQT for a pair of Aces. He needed an Ace on the river to bust Justin. River was a 3 and Justin doubled up to ~140k.

After a few more hands, the clock ran out and it was time for dinner. Play will resume at about 8pm.

Loy Song was slow and steady all day, but just came up short in the end. He's a full time musician in the West Point Band and played in the tournament with his girlfriend and fellow band member Carla Moebius.

Both are Staff Seargants in the Army and play poker for fun on their off days.

Hahn is crippled by Joey Liberta when Hahn moves all in for 1.5 million and Liberta snap calls with AK. Hahn has 99 and when an ace hits the board is left with only 350k, while Liberta moves to 2.6 million.

Dave Loy Song takes the remaining chips with pocket 7s and Hahn is out in 9th place.

Terrance Beins got his last chips in pre-flop against Justin Finberg. Terrance held A♠K♠ and was ahead of Justin's Q♣T♣, but then the flop came Q♦J♣9♥ giving Terrance a gutshot, but giving Justin a pair of Queens with open-ender.

Terrance Beins

Turn was the K♣, completing the straight for Justin. River was the 8♣, improving Justin's hand to a flush.

When the chips are counted Nguyen has 580k, meaning that he was never all-in and that a round of betting should have occurred after the turn. The Nguyen oversight and premature river card means the 3 is back in the deck and the hand gets a new river card.

After Nguyen's last 80k are in the middle, the new river is a brick and instead of doubling up, he's on the rail in 10th place.

Nguyen, who won Event 4 ($40,000), ends up with only $2,560 instead of a shot at another Borgata Poker Open title.

McFarland (left) Back on Table 10, whileFernandez(center) is All Smiles

The luck of the draw has Brad McFarland (Whitehall, PA) rejoining table 10 on his re-entry after his pocket 4s are beaten by the pocket 8s of Javier Fernandez (New York, NY).

"I wanted to come back with a fresh 20-thousand," he says, while McFarland welcomes him back with open arms.

"He's a good guy," says Fernandez, "he just gave me a $100."

The re-entry period is winding down and because this is a bounty tournament players can't surrender their chips at the end of level 6 (200/400/50 ante). Short stacks hoping to re-enter are simply looking to bust and start over because a small double-up is meaningless if they're still short.

Terrance Beins and Ron 'Shifty' Schiffman tangled in a pot and on the river, Shifty bet and Terrance made the call. Shift showed an 875 and Terrance mucked. After dropping that pot, Terrance was down to about 110k.

Kim Findura didn't get called on the river, but showed her 65 low anyway. She pulled a nice pot and chipped up to ~120k.

Pot Limit Omaha is not a game for the faint of heart. Even though bets are limited by the size of the pot, the pots get big fast. The 'Big Stack' in the title means players start with a hefty 20,000 chips, so they have more ammo to fire at the pot.

The first ten levels are 30 minutes long and players may register through the end of level four.

Blinds start at 25/25 and cards are in the air!

This is a one-day only event, so they will play as long as it takes tonight to determine a winner.

Last year, this event drew 91 entries and it was Matthew Delano of Mt. Laurel, NJ, who walked away with the top prize of over $10,000.

During the 2011 Summer Open in June of this year, this event drew 93 participants. Jay Zimmet of Englishtown, NJ, took home over $11,000 for 1st place.

Of the 580 players who entered this event, only 53 remain and have returned to continue play. Mike Hahn of Carmel, Indiana, began the day with the chip lead. He is the only player with over 1 million chips at the start of day two.

Blinds are 8k/16k with 2k antes.

All returning players have made the money and are guaranteed to leave with at least $788. Here's a reminder of what they're playing for:

Today's main event will once again bring out the Bounty Hunters. Every player has a $100 price on their head and a black $100 cash chip on the felt. The player who busts them and takes their last tournament chip, also collects their bounty.

This is also a re-entry event, which means players who have busted out may re-enter through the first six levels, which will be 45 minutes long. They can re-enter as many times as they want, but each time they will have to come to the felt with another $100 chip for their bounty. Late entries will be allowed through level six also.

Players began with 20,000 chips and blinds started at 25/50.

Cards are in the air!

These bounty tournaments are relatively new at Borgata so there were none during last year's Poker Open. The first ones were held during the 2011 Summer Open and they've become so popular, they are even being offered in some of the nightly secondary events.

This is the second of four Bounty Main Events taking place during this tournament series.

The last few eliminations means there's 55 players remaining, just one of the money. Play was scheduled to end at 2 am, but breaking the bubble is paramount. So nobody is going home until we're in the $$$$$$$$$$$$!

As she usually does, Borgata veteran Kim Findura (Butler, NJ) is the last lady standing in a male dominated game. 27 players remain, just 9 off the money, as the final hour of play of the night continues.

In addition to two Ladies Event Borgata titles, Findura has a 2nd place finish in the 2010 Winter Open Omaha H/L event. She has $38,000 in career Borgata tournament earnings.